Stories in literature are written and structured in a form that makes the reader think and ask themselves question. Questions about each character within the story and about it’s plot. Another thing is that reading the story more than once helps the reader get a better understanding about what the author’s underlying meaning of the story is. While reading the literate short stories, “Once upon a Time”, “Everyday Use”, “The Lottery”, you realize that there is irony within the titles. When reading the title “Once upon a Time”, the first thing that pops into the reader’s mind would most likely be a joyful bedtime story. After reading a couple of paragraphs, you realize that the story is about a family that has an immense fear
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When Dee returns home after being away from the family for awhile. Dee has forgotten the true meaning of her family heritage. She thought their history was oppressed, as well as her given name that had been passed down from her ancestors. Unwilling to appreciate her name, she changes it to Wangero LeeWanika Kemanjo”, stating to her mother that Dee is dead (170). After dinner, Dee tells Mama she wants to take the butter dash and churn top that had been handmade by her uncles. She told Mama, “I can use the churn top as a center piece for the alcove table...I’ll think of something artistic to do with the dasher.” (171). Mama agrees to let her take them. Then Dee asks to take the ‘old quilts’ Grandma Dee and Big Dee had pieced together. Mama suggest her taking the other ones but she refuses. Mama reveals to her that those quilts have already been promised to her sister Maggie. Dee Unwilling to accept the Dee says, “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts!...She’d probably backward enough to put them to everyday use.”(172). Dee wants to hang them up as she views them to be priceless artifacts from their history. Mama refuses to let Dee take those quilts telling her that she doesn 't truly understand her roots, and that she has forgotten everything about it. In the story, Dee believes she fully understands her family’s history and heritage; however, she misleads herself to think of it differently. The education Mama worked had to give Dee ended up separating their family. Having education and not having it is what led Dee and Maggie
When Dee returns home after being away from the family for awhile. Dee has forgotten the true meaning of her family heritage. She thought their history was oppressed, as well as her given name that had been passed down from her ancestors. Unwilling to appreciate her name, she changes it to Wangero LeeWanika Kemanjo”, stating to her mother that Dee is dead (170). After dinner, Dee tells Mama she wants to take the butter dash and churn top that had been handmade by her uncles. She told Mama, “I can use the churn top as a center piece for the alcove table...I’ll think of something artistic to do with the dasher.” (171). Mama agrees to let her take them. Then Dee asks to take the ‘old quilts’ Grandma Dee and Big Dee had pieced together. Mama suggest her taking the other ones but she refuses. Mama reveals to her that those quilts have already been promised to her sister Maggie. Dee Unwilling to accept the Dee says, “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts!...She’d probably backward enough to put them to everyday use.”(172). Dee wants to hang them up as she views them to be priceless artifacts from their history. Mama refuses to let Dee take those quilts telling her that she doesn 't truly understand her roots, and that she has forgotten everything about it. In the story, Dee believes she fully understands her family’s history and heritage; however, she misleads herself to think of it differently. The education Mama worked had to give Dee ended up separating their family. Having education and not having it is what led Dee and Maggie